Rotary support for rolled fabric.



J. A. BASTIAN.

ROTARY SUPPORT FOR ROLLED FABRIC.

APPLICATION TILED APRJ, 1913v 1,1 ()2, 1 {38 Patented June 30, 1914.

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JOHN A. BASTIAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOALEXANDER H. LANE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROTARY SUPPQRT FORIRQLLEID FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 19141.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. BAs'rIAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rotary Supports for Rolled Fabric, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rotary supports for rolledfabric, the object of the invention being to provide a device of thischaracter which will support a bolt of goods and permit the goods to bereadily unwound off the bolt when a pull is exerted on one end of thegoods.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which isespecially adapted for supporting a bolt of goods while the same isbeing unrolled in connection with a measuring machine, but which ofcourse is not limited to this particular use, but is capable of a widerange of utility.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view partly in verticalsection and partly in elevation illustrating my improvements, and Fig. 2is a fragmentary plan view of the device with the bolt of goods removed.

1 represents a carriage supported on casters 2, so that the same may bereadily moved from place to place over the floor. ()n the carriage 1, abase 3 is located and secured in any approved manner. This base 3 in itsupper face is provided with a circular runway 4 in which a series ofballs 5 are located, and project above the surface of base 8. Aturntable 6 is supported on the balls 5, and is provided on its underface with a metal plate 7 engaging the balls. Base 3 is made with acentral cylindrical recess 8 having a tubular post 9 located centrallyin the recess and spaced from the walls thereof as clearly shown inFig. 1. This post 9 is preferably integral with the base and acts as ajournal on which a depending bearing sleeve 10 is adapted to turn. Thisbearing sleeve 10 projects through a central opening 11 in turntable 6,and is made with an annular flange 12 at its upper end countersunk inturntable 6, and secured by bolts 13 which PI'OJOCC through the flange12, turntable 6 and plate 7, and are secured by nuts 14; on their lowerends.

Angle brackets 15 are secured to the flange 12 and table 6 in anyapproved manner, and are located at opposite sides of a vertical bar 16and rigidly secured to the latter by a rivet 17, so that the bar 16 issecured at right angles and centrally of the turntable. This bar 10 iscylindrical at its lower end and extends down through bearng sleeve 1 1and into tubular post, 9, and 18 provided on its lower end with a roller18 engaging the inner surface of the tubular post 9.

The sleeve 10, post 9, and roller 18 serve to maintain the turntable 6centrally on the base, while the weight of the turntable is supportedentirely on the balls 5.

In use, the bolt of goods illustrated at 19 is positioned on turntable 6with the bar 16 projected into the center of the bolt, and when one endof the goods is drawn off the bolt, the turntable will freely turn onthe balls 5, offering but a minimum of resistance to the turningoperation, so that the goods may be readily drawn off and measured orused in any other way.

Various slight changes might be made 11 the general form andarrangement; of parts described without departing from my invention, andhence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the class described comprising a base provided in its upperface with a circular ball race, balls in said race projccting above theupper face of the base, the said base being provided with a centrallyand vertically disposed recess, a hollow post secured to said base ofsmaller diameter than and within said recess to extend beyond the upperface of the base, a turn-table mounted to rotate upon said balls, anelongated sleeve depending from said turn-table adapted to engage overand rotate upon the hollow post within the recess, a bar secured to saidturn-table to extend downwardly from said sleeve at one name to thisspecification in the presence end and above the turn-table at the oppooftwo subscribing witnesses.

site end, and a roller upon the first said end with its peripheryengaging the inner JOHN BASTIAN' 5 Walls of the hollow post,substantially as Witnesses:

described. JosEPH C. MURPI-IEY, In testimony whereof I have signed myCHARLES A. K-NAPP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

